Progressive Party (London)
Encyclopedia
The Progressive Party was a political party
based around the Liberal Party
that contested municipal elections in the County of London
.
It was founded in 1888 by a group of Liberals and leaders of the labour movement
. It was also supported by the Fabian Society
, and Sidney Webb was one of its councillors. In the first elections of the London County Council
(LCC) in January 1889 the Progressive Party won 70 of the 118 seats. It lost power in 1907 to the Municipal Reform Party
(a Conservative organisation) under Richard Robinson.
Political party
A political party is a political organization that typically seeks to influence government policy, usually by nominating their own candidates and trying to seat them in political office. Parties participate in electoral campaigns, educational outreach or protest actions...
based around the Liberal Party
Liberal Party (UK)
The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
that contested municipal elections in the County of London
County of London
The County of London was a county of England from 1889 to 1965, corresponding to the area known today as Inner London. It was created as part of the general introduction of elected county government in England, by way of the Local Government Act 1888. The Act created an administrative County of...
.
It was founded in 1888 by a group of Liberals and leaders of the labour movement
Labour movement
The term labour movement or labor movement is a broad term for the development of a collective organization of working people, to campaign in their own interest for better treatment from their employers and governments, in particular through the implementation of specific laws governing labour...
. It was also supported by the Fabian Society
Fabian Society
The Fabian Society is a British socialist movement, whose purpose is to advance the principles of democratic socialism via gradualist and reformist, rather than revolutionary, means. It is best known for its initial ground-breaking work beginning late in the 19th century and continuing up to World...
, and Sidney Webb was one of its councillors. In the first elections of the London County Council
London County Council
London County Council was the principal local government body for the County of London, throughout its 1889–1965 existence, and the first London-wide general municipal authority to be directly elected. It covered the area today known as Inner London and was replaced by the Greater London Council...
(LCC) in January 1889 the Progressive Party won 70 of the 118 seats. It lost power in 1907 to the Municipal Reform Party
Municipal Reform Party
The Municipal Reform Party was a local party allied to the parliamentary Conservative Party in the County of London. The party contested elections to both the London County Council and metropolitan borough councils of the county from 1906 to 1945.-Formation:...
(a Conservative organisation) under Richard Robinson.
Members
- Nettie Adler, Arthur Acland AllenArthur Acland AllenArthur Acland Allen was a British Liberal Party politician who served as a Member of Parliament between 1906 and 1918....
- Joseph Allen BakerJoseph Allen BakerJoseph Allen Baker was a Canadian born engineer, specialising in machinery for the confectionery and bakery industries and later in transportation systems, who was also a Liberal Party politician in London.-Family and education:...
, John Williams Benn, Frank BriantFrank BriantFrank Briant was a British Liberal politician and Civil Servant. In religion he was a Congregationalist.He was a member of Lambeth Borough Council, the London County Council and the House of Commons. He was first elected to Lambeth Council and was elected Chairman of the Council in 1899, a...
, Charles Roden BuxtonCharles Roden BuxtonCharles Roden Buxton was an English philanthropist and politician.He was born in London, the third son of Sir Thomas Buxton, 3rd Baronet... - Henry George Chancellor, James William ClelandJames William ClelandJames William Cleland was a Scottish Liberal politician. He served as MP for Glasgow Bridgeton. He contested the seat in 1900, was elected in 1906, but stood down in December 1910.- References :...
, Edwin CornwallEdwin CornwallSir Edwin Andrew Cornwall, 1st Baronet PC DL was an English politician and coal merchant. Cornwall was born in Lapford, Devon. At the age of thirteen he became a clerk in a coal merchant's in Hammersmith, London, and by seventeen was manager of the company's depot at Kensington. A few years later...
, Henry Evan Auguste CottonH. E. A. CottonSir Harry Evan Auguste Cotton CIE was a barrister, administrator, journalist, historian and writer... - Willoughby Dickinson
- Garnham EdmondsGarnham EdmondsGarnham Edmonds was a British Liberal politician.Edmonds was a butcher in Bethnal Green, East London, trading as Edmonds and Mears tripe dressers. He was a religious and social worker and president of the local Liberal association. In 1902 he was a member of Bethnal Green Metropolitan Borough...
- James Daniel GilbertJames Daniel GilbertJames Daniel Gilbert was a British Liberal politician, banker and City merchant. He was born and brought up in West Newington, a part of London around what is now the Elephant and Castle and was educated privately....
, Harold James GlanvilleHarold GlanvilleHarold James Glanville was an English businessman and Liberal Party politician.-Family and education:Glanville was born in Bermondsey in south London the son of James Glanville, a Chartered Accountant of 15 Great St Helens, in the City of London. He was educated at Deptford Grammar School...
, Harry GoslingHarry GoslingHarry Gosling CH was a British Labour Party politician and trade union leader.-Early life:Gosling was born in 1861 at 57 York Street, Lambeth, London, on the southern bank of the River Thames. He was the second son of William Gosling, master lighterman, and his wife Sarah Louisa née Rowe, a... - George Alexander HardyGeorge Alexander HardyGeorge Alexander Hardy was an English businessman and Liberal Party politician who served for many years as a councillor in South London, and briefly as a Member of Parliament for the Stowmarket division of Suffolk....
, Percy Alfred Harris, John Stanley Holmes, Emslie John Horniman - Richard C Lambert, John Scott LidgettJohn Scott LidgettThe Reverend John Scott Lidgett, CH was a British Wesleyan Methodist minister and educationist. He achieved prominence both as a theologian and reformer within British Methodism, stressing the importance of the church's engagement with the whole of society and human culture, and as an effective...
- Edward MartellEdward MartellFor the British politician of the same name, see Edward Martell Edward A. Martell was a radiochemist for the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado...
, Charles Albert McCurdy, Thomas McKinnon WoodThomas McKinnon WoodThomas McKinnon Wood PC was a British Liberal politician. He was a member of H. H. Asquith's cabinet as Secretary for Scotland between 1912 and 1916 and as Financial Secretary to the Treasury and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster between July and December 1916... - Oswald Partington
- Alfred Henry Scott, Edward Smallwood, Evan Spicer
- Frederick William VerneyFrederick William VerneyFrederick William Verney was a younger son of the long-established Verney family in Buckinghamshire. He became a Church of England clergyman, a barrister, a Siamese diplomat, and a Liberal Party politician, serving as a member of both the Buckinghamshire and London County Councils, and from 1906...
- David Sydney Waterlow
- Alfred William YeoAlfred William YeoSir Alfred William Yeo was a British Liberal politician, self-made businessman and public servant.-Family and education:...